Season to start with three steam locomotives

The GWR's favourite steam locomotives will be kicking off the 2008 season when the new timetable starts in March. They are the National Railway Museum's centenarian no. 3440 City of Truro (the first engine ever to touch 100mph); the lovely Great Western-designed Modified Hall class 4-6-0 no. 7903 Foremarke Hall (this is the only Modified Hall currently in working order in the UK) and of course, David Shepherd's British Railways 9F class 2-10-0 no. 92203 Black Prince. In April, two more locomotives arrive: small Prairie no 5542, which stole so many hearts last year, returns for the whole of the season. And a visitor that looked in briefly for the Cotswold Festival of Steam in 2007 liked it so much that it's coming back for a longer spell: Southern West Country class Pacific no. 34007 Wadebridge arrives in April and will stay until early June.

For full timetable details click here.